also: しおた · しおだ
salt evaporation pond; salt field
A shallow pond or field where seawater is evaporated to produce salt.
この地域には昔ながらの塩田が残っている。
Traditional salt evaporation ponds remain in this area.
They dry seawater in salt fields to make salt.
Salt fields stretch out along the coast.
In this region, salt has traditionally been made at salt fields.