Mahoroba

Mahoroba is an ancient Japanese word describing a far-off land full of bliss and peace. It is roughly comparable to the western concepts of arcadia, a place surrounded by mountains full of harmony and quiet.

Mahoroba is now written only in hiragana as まほろば. The origins of the word are not clear; it is described in a poem in the ancient Kojiki (古事記) as being the perfect place in Yamato:

Poem from the Kojiki
Original Spelling	Japanese	Romanized version
夜麻登波久爾能麻本呂婆多多那豆久阿袁加岐夜麻碁母禮流夜麻登志宇流波斯	大和は国のまほろばたたなずくあおかき山ごもれるやまとしうるわし。	Yamato wa Kuni no mahoroba Tatanazuku Aokaki-yama gomoreru Yamato shi uruwashi.

Note that the Kojiki itself did not use hiragana; the above is a modernized version.

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