iReport: Time-lapse in your city

There's something about a time-lapse video that compresses and magnifies the essence of what you're looking at. So we asked CNNGo readers to submit their best time-lapse videos of their favorite Asian cities.

See below four of the best submissions, from Tokyo, Sri Lanka, Shanghai and Hong Kong. 

To submit your own Asian time lapse videos, visit our CNNGo iReport assignment page. 

Shibuya, Tokyo

"Fear of radioactive contamination cannot stop heartbeat of the city."

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Kandy Town, Sri Lanka

This time-lapse was taken in Central Market of Kandy Town. "I chose this area of the Kandy market because it is very busy place and you can see people getting about their day-to-day life, going to office and doing their grocery and pavement shopping," explains iReporter Shari Atukorala.

Shanghai, China

iReporer Stefan Irvine captured this from Les Suites Orient hotel in Shanghai, overlooking The Bund at sunset. "The video captures the newly-completed promenade and hundreds of people taking a stroll along the river at sundown," explains Stefan.

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Aberdeen, Hong Kong

iReporter Stefan Irvine also took this footage of Hong Kong from the Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter at dusk .

Stefan says, "This time-lapse was shot during sundown, to capture the life of the sampans, fishing vessels and pleasure craft in Aberdeen shelter on the south side of Hong Kong Island. As the day turns to night, the activity in the harbour and surrounding streets becomes no less frenetic."