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It is common to ask [the difference between just "へ" (-e) and "に"
(-ni)](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/80/when-going-somewhere-
is-there-any-difference-between-e-and-ni) but it seems to get even more
complicated when you also mix in "まで" (made) and even "の方" (no-hō).

When Japanese people ask me where I'm going they always ask "どこまで" (doko
made)?" rather than "どこへ" (doko e) or "どこに" (doko ni) that I expected.

I know "まで" (made) can mean "until" but when I ask the difference with "に"
(ni) and "へ" (e) I'm told "へ" (e) means "to" and "に" (ni) means "in the
direction of" but if this is the case then how do they differ from "の方" (no-
ho) which I already learned previously meant "in the direction of"?
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word-choice particles particle-に particle-へ
How to use へ (-e), に (-ni), まで (made) and の方 (no-hō) with destination and direction?
It's hard to imagine a Japanese ask you specifically どこまで? A taxi driver
maybe?

With まで they ask you your exact destination as would a taxi driver.

As for どこの方, it just reads "doko no kata", asking for a person's origin
(country, city, where are you from)

You would use ~の方 (no hou) with ~ being a place or area, like in the
sentences: Towards the post office, to the north, in the direction to the
school...etc

大阪の方（ほう）へ行くんですけどsounds like something I would use.

See my other answer there as well:

[When going somewhere, is there any difference between e (へ) and ni
(に)?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/80/when-going-somewhere-is-
there-any-difference-between-e-and-ni)
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へ and に can both translate as "to" and are often interchangeable. The
difference is that へ focuses on the process or course of going in a direction
or to a place, while に focuses on the destination itself [1]. まで, being a
particle that defines an upper bound, thus focuses on the distance traveled.

The function of ～の方（に／へ） depends on which particle follows. Followed by へ, it
does indeed mean "in the direction of" as you previously learned. (東京の方へ行く。)
Followed by に, it's harder to pin to a specific meaning, but it often means
"in the general area of" or "on the side of" (the latter being when 方 is used
to indicate one of multiple options rather than a simple direction of travel).
(東京の方にある。)

Sources:

  1. [「彼女が待ってる新宿（ ）、恋する切符 5,100 円」──格助詞「に」と「へ」のイメージ──](http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/nichigen/menu7_folder/symposium/pdf/1/11.pdf) (PDF)
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