Yukino Chitose

The main heroine of the story. She steps in as the young proprietress of the Kinhou-rou, the hot spring inn that the protagonist visits.
Due to the original proprietress eloping with a younger man for the seventh time, Chitose, who happened to be on winter break, is called in to fill the role. Currently a student preparing for her entrance exams, she is under considerable stress, balancing her duties as an innkeeper with her studies, as the exams are less than a month away. Despite her youth, her directions as the proprietress are precise, earning her the respect and fondness of most of the inn's employees. She tends to be stubborn and obstinate when corrected by others, yet she does not resist changing her own opinions. She is somewhat egotistical and determined to thwart the protagonist's lecherous misdeeds at every turn.