How to access a Java static method from Scala given a type alias for that class it resides in

Given the type-alias type Cal = java.util.Calendar how can the static getInstance method be accessed? I tried the following in Scala REPL:

scala> type Cal = java.util.Calendar
defined type alias Cal
scala> Cal.getInstance
<console>:8: error: not found: value Cal
          Cal.getInstance
          ^
scala> val Cal = java.util.Calendar
<console>:7: error: object Calendar is not a value
   val Cal = java.util.Calendar
                       ^

Is import java.util.{Calendar => Cal} followed by import Cal._ really my best bet?