Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-8284722-20150108141809/@comment-1251315-20150108142130

Gemnist wrote: Not sure if this is double posting, but one quick question: ISN'T HANZO SUPPOSED TO BE DEAD!?! Hanzo is obviously dead. But, do not forget: nobody outside of Amegakure actually know about it.

Even though Nagato was ruling the place (through Pain), the tightly secured nature of the place meant that everyone else, including Tsunade and Jiraiya, still believed that Hanzo was alive and running the place. It was only after Jiraiya infiltrated the village and sent back intel that Tsunade realised that Hanzo was dead.

So yeah, Kakashi isn't really going to meet Hanzo, even though he thinks he will be.